Rats invade elementary school, spread rash

[mfcorey1]

VILLA PARK, Calif. -- Students and teachers were covered in itchy, red bites after rats invaded an elementary school in Southern California.
CBS Los Angeles reports the rats were found underneath some portable classrooms at Villa Park Elementary School in Orange County.

Health officials say the bumps that were reported by students and faculty were caused by tiny bugs that live on rats.

"This issue was first discovered when some staff and students reported bug bites, which through the investigation, were identified to be rodent mites," the superintendent of Orange Unified School District said in a written statement. "While rodents live throughout Southern California in bushes and trees, it is likely that these were disturbed with work preparing to demolish the vacant 1920s buildings on the campus."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/healthtrending/rats-invade-elementary-school-spread-rash/ar-BBCfyKQ?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout

[demigoddess]

1. where are all the dads? If they can't hire somebody to get rid of the rats, where are

the dads?

[lpbk2713]

2. Scouring the neighborhood.

Looking for feral cats.

[malaise]

3. I hope they know that leptospyrosis kills

in days

[rufus dog]

4. Interesting

I think a school in Lake Forest, about 20 miles south, had this problem a few months ago.